What year was the Declaration of Independence signed?
1812
1787
1803
1776
4. Multiple Choice
15 minutes
1 pt
What document was written and ratified in 1787?
Declaration of Independence
Constitution
Mayflower Compact
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
5. Multiple Choice
15 minutes
1 pt
What president purchased Louisiana?
Jefferson
Adams
Madison
Hamilton
6. Multiple Choice
15 minutes
1 pt
What year was the Louisiana Purchase made from France?
1787
1803
1903
1861
7. Multiple Choice
15 minutes
1 pt
What years did the Civil War take place?
1914-1918
1812-1814
1861-1865
1763-1783
8. Multiple Choice
15 minutes
1 pt
Where were the first shots of the American Revolution fired? "Shot heard 'round the world?"
Yorktown
Gettysburg
Saratoga
Lexington and Concord
9. Multiple Choice
15 minutes
1 pt
What battle was the turning point in the American Revolution? It convinced the French to join us.
Yorktown
Saratoga
Lexington
Antietam
10. Multiple Choice
15 minutes
1 pt
Which battle ended the Revolutionary War?
Yorktown
Lexington
Saratoga
Bull Run
11. Multiple Choice
15 minutes
1 pt
Where were the first shots of the Civil War fired?
Gettysburg
Lexington
Antietam
Ft. Sumter
12. Multiple Choice
15 minutes
1 pt
What battle was the turning point in the Civil War and was a Union victory?
Ft. Sumter
Gettysburg
Saratoga
Vicksburg
13. Multiple Choice
15 minutes
1 pt
What was the battle in the Civil War that gave the Union control of the Mississippi River, splitting the Confederacy in half?
Antietam
Gettysburg
Vicksburg
Yorktown
14. Multiple Choice
15 minutes
1 pt
What town did General Lee surrender to Ulysses S. Grant in?
Sherman
Washington
San Jacinto
Appomattox Courthouse
15. Multiple Choice
15 minutes
1 pt
What is the type of economy called in which the colony exists to make money for the mother country?
Free Enterprise
Mercantilism
Socialism
None
16. Multiple Choice
15 minutes
1 pt
What was someone called who wanted to end slavery in the United States?
Abolitionist
Anti-Slaver
Suffragette
Southerner
17. Multiple Choice
15 minutes
1 pt
What is a tax on goods brought in from another country called?
Imports
Exports
Protective Tariff
Tariff
18. Multiple Choice
15 minutes
1 pt
What is a high tax placed on foreign goods called? It helps to protect the home industry.
Import
Export
Protective Tariff
Tariff
19. Multiple Choice
15 minutes
1 pt
What was one cause of the Civil War in which someone feels more loyalty to a part of the country or state than the country as a whole.
Slavery
Sectionalism
Division
Tariff
20. Multiple Choice
15 minutes
1 pt
This is the belief that the United States should own all the land from Atlantic to Pacific Ocean.
Expansion
Imperialism
Manifest Destiny
None
21. Multiple Choice
15 minutes
1 pt
What was the campaign against the drinking of alcohol called?
Suffrage
Temperance
Abolition
Stop the Violenc
22. Multiple Choice
15 minutes
1 pt
A _______________ government is a system of government where people elect representatives.
Representative Government
Monarchy
Dictatorship
None
23. Multiple Choice
15 minutes
1 pt
The House of __________________ was the first representative government in the New World.
Representatives
Burgesses
Confederation
none
24. Multiple Choice
15 minutes
1 pt
Which branch is not one of the three branches in the federal government?
Legislative
Representative
Executive
Judicial
25. Multiple Choice
15 minutes
1 pt
________________ is a principle of the constitution in which the three branches have power to balance each other out so no branch gets too powerful.
Separation of Powers
Checks and Balances
Republicanism
Limited Government
26. Multiple Choice
15 minutes
1 pt
An economic system in which businesses have the freedom to operate competitively for profit with minimal government regulations.
Free Enterprise
Mercantilism
Profit
27. Multiple Choice
15 minutes
1 pt
_______________- means sharing power between the federal and state governments.
Republicanism
Limited Government
Shared Powers
Federalism
28. Multiple Choice
15 minutes
1 pt
Which principle created the three branches of government?
Checks and Balances
Popular sovereignty
Separation of Powers
Federalism
29. Multiple Choice
15 minutes
1 pt
A practice of letting the people make the final decisions in the country through voting, freedom of speech, the right to peacefully protest, etc.
Separation of Powers
Republicanism
Popular Sovereignty
Foreign decisions
30. Multiple Choice
15 minutes
1 pt
To ______________ something means to change it. (Think Constitution)
Institutionalize
Amend
Unreform
Saturate
31. Multiple Choice
15 minutes
1 pt
Life, liberty and pursuit of happiness are rights that people are born with. These are called ___________ rights.
Unalienable
Normal
Given
Constitutional
32. Multiple Choice
15 minutes
1 pt
Cruel and unjust government that can not be questioned or changed is called _______________.
Monarchy
Parliament
Republic
Tyranny
33. Multiple Choice
15 minutes
1 pt
___________ is a type of government run for and by the people.
Republicanism
Monarchy
Dictatorship
Democracy
34. Multiple Choice
15 minutes
1 pt
Which invention by Robert Fulton helped transport goods more quickly?
Railroad
Steamboat
Mechanical Reaper
Cotton Gin
35. Multiple Choice
15 minutes
1 pt
___________- to approve by vote.
Void
Nullify
Ratify
Justify
36. Multiple Choice
15 minutes
1 pt
____________ was established in Marbury vs. Madison and is the right of the Supreme Court to determine if laws are unconstitutional.
Judicial Overlooking
Congressional Authority
Judicial Review
Due Process
37. Multiple Choice
15 minutes
1 pt
_____________ is the refusal to obey a government law or laws as a means of passive resistance because of one’s moral conviction or belief.
Judicial Review
Civil Disobedience
Civic Virtue
The Denial Clause
38. Multiple Choice
15 minutes
1 pt
_____________ were supporters of the Constitution who favored a strong national government.
Anti-Federalists
Federalists
Monarchists
Loyalists
39. Multiple Choice
15 minutes
1 pt
_____________ were people opposed to the Constitution, preferring more power be given to the state governments than to the national government.
Anti-Federalists
Federalists
Democrats
Republicans
40. Multiple Choice
15 minutes
1 pt
_____________ the idea of a state declaring a federal law illegal.
Voidation
Declaration
Nullification
Federalism
41. Multiple Choice
15 minutes
1 pt
Diaries, journals and other original records of an event are called _____________ sources.
Secondary
Primary
42. Multiple Choice
15 minutes
1 pt
Textbooks, articles and other summaries written at a later date than the event are called ____________ sources.
Primary
Secondary
43. Multiple Choice
15 minutes
1 pt
The type of government that elects representatives to is called a ____________.
Monarchy
Republic
Dictatorship
Tyranny
44. Multiple Choice
15 minutes
1 pt
The era in which a change from household industries to factory production using powered machinery took place.
American Revolution
Industrial Revolution
Technological Innovations
Boom and Bust
45. Multiple Choice
15 minutes
1 pt
This was the first document in history to ever limit the power of a ruler.
Mayflower Compact
Magna Carta
Constitution
Articles of Confederation
46. Multiple Choice
15 minutes
1 pt
____________ protected the rights of English citizens and became the basis for the American Bill of Rights.
English Bill of Rights
Magna Carta
Mayflower Compact
Constitution
47. Multiple Choice
15 minutes
1 pt
___________ was a document written by Thomas Jefferson, declaring the colonies free from England.
Magna Carta
Constitution
Mayflower Compact
Declaration of Independence
48. Multiple Choice
15 minutes
1 pt
___________ was the first American constitution. It was a very weak document that limited the power of the Congress by giving states the final authority over all decisions.
Magna Carta
Mayflower Compact
Articles of Confederation
Constitution
49. Multiple Choice
15 minutes
1 pt
______________ is a document that sets out the laws and principles of the government of the United States.
Magna Carta
Constitution
Articles of Confederation
English Bill of Rights
50. Multiple Choice
15 minutes
1 pt
______________ advised the United States to stay “neutral in its relations with other nations” and to avoid “entangling alliances”.
Lincoln's Gettysburg Address
Lincoln's First Inaugural Address
Washington's Farewell Address
Washington's Inaugural Address
51. Multiple Choice
15 minutes
1 pt
The _____________ foreign policy statement made by the 5th President stating that 1) the U.S. would not interfere in European affairs, and 2) that the western hemisphere was closed to colonization and/ or interference by European nations.
Adam's Inaugural Address
Washington's Farewell Address
Jefferson's Embargo Act
Monroe Doctrine
52. Multiple Choice
15 minutes
1 pt
__________ treaty ended the French and Indian War and effectively kicked the French out of North America.
Treaty of Ghent
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Treaty of Paris 1763
Treaty of Paris 1783
53. Multiple Choice
15 minutes
1 pt
The _____________ Treaty ended the American Revolution and forced Britain to recognize the United States as an independent nation.
Treaty of Ghent
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Treaty of Paris 1763
Treaty of Paris 1783
54. Multiple Choice
15 minutes
1 pt
________________- was a policy of establishing the principles and procedures for the orderly expansion of the United States.
Judicial Review
Northwest Ordinance
Federalism
Manifest Destiny
55. Multiple Choice
15 minutes
1 pt
___________ was the agreement signed in 1620 by the Pilgrims in Plymouth, to consult each other about laws for; the colony and a promise to work together to make it succeed.
Mayflower Compact
Representation
Magna Carta
Articles of Confederation
56. Multiple Choice
15 minutes
1 pt
___________ was a series of essays written by James Madison, John Jay, and Alexander Hamilton, defending the Constitution and the principles on which the government of the United States was founded.
Anti-Federalist Writings
Federalist Papers
57. Multiple Choice
15 minutes
1 pt
______________ was a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine to convince colonists that it was time to become independent from Britain.
Federalist Papers
Anti-Federalist Writing
Give me Liberty or Give me Death
Common Sense
58. Multiple Choice
15 minutes
1 pt
______________ the first ten amendments to the Constitution and detail the protection of individual liberties.
Fixer Uppers
Federalist Papers
Bill of Rights
Reconstruction Amendments
59. Multiple Choice
15 minutes
1 pt
_____________ is a short speech given by Abraham Lincoln to dedicate a cemetery for soldiers who died at the Battle of Gettysburg. It is considered to be a profound statement of American ideals.
Lincoln's Gettysburg Address
Lincoln's First Inauguration
Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address
Lincoln's Farewell Address
60. Multiple Choice
15 minutes
1 pt
Abraham Lincoln issued the_________ on January 1, 1863, setting all slaves in the Confederate states free.
Gettysburg Address
Inaugural Address
Emancipation Procalamation
Farewell Address
61. Multiple Choice
15 minutes
1 pt
Lincoln's ____________ stated that, “no state…can lawfully get out of the Union”, but pledged there would be no war unless the South started it.
Gettysburg Address
Emancipation Proclamation
First Inaugural Address
Second Inaugural Address
62. Multiple Choice
15 minutes
1 pt
Lincoln's ___________ was meant to help heal and restore the country after four years of Civil War.
Gettysburg Address
Emancipation Proclamation
First Inaugural Address
Second Inaugural Address
63. Multiple Choice
15 minutes
1 pt
The ___________ Compromise created two houses of Congress. One based on population, the other gave equal representation to each state.
3/5
Great
Missouri
1850
64. Multiple Choice
15 minutes
1 pt
The __________ Compromise said that every 5 slaves counted as 3 people for population purposes.
Great
3/5
Missouri
1850
65. Multiple Choice
15 minutes
1 pt
The ____________ Act overturned the Missouri Compromise by giving people in the middle territory of the United States a chance to vote on slavery.
California
1820
Kansas-Nebraska
None
66. Multiple Choice
15 minutes
1 pt
The ___________ Compromise avoided sectional tensions by drawing a line across the United States. Slavery would be legal below the line only.
Kansas-Nebraska
1850
Missouri
Great
67. Multiple Choice
15 minutes
1 pt
The Compromise of 1850 kept the north happy by admitting California as a free state. What law did it create to make the south happy?
Missouri Law
Cotton Law
Great Compromise
Fugitive Slave Law
68. Multiple Choice
15 minutes
1 pt
A member of the Sons of Liberty who started the Committee of Correspondence to stir public support for American independence.
Sam Houston
Sam Adams
Abigail Adams
King George III
69. Multiple Choice
15 minutes
1 pt
An inventor, statesman, diplomat to France, signer of the Declaration of Independence and delegate to Constitutional Convention.
George Washington
Ben Franklin
John Adams
Sam Adams
70. Multiple Choice
15 minutes
1 pt
The King of England who disbanded the colonial legislatures, taxed the colonies, and refused the Olive Branch Petition leading to the final break with the colonies.
King John
King Richard
King George VIIII
King George III
71. Multiple Choice
15 minutes
1 pt
Wrote the Declaration of Independence; became the 3rd President of the United States and purchased the Louisiana territory, doubling the size of the United States.
James Madison
Alexander Hamilton
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
72. Multiple Choice
15 minutes
1 pt
Wrote pamphlets like Common Sense and The Crisis to encourage American independence and resolve.
Thomas Paine
Patrick Henry
Sam Adams
Henry Clay
73. Multiple Choice
15 minutes
1 pt
Leader of the Continental Army who became the first President of the United States.
Thomas Paine
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
George Washington
74. Multiple Choice
15 minutes
1 pt
Leader of the original Democratic Party and a “President of the people”. He was also responsible for the Trail of Tears, which forced Native Americans west of the Mississippi River.
Sam Adams
James Monroe
Andrew Jackson
George Mason
75. Multiple Choice
15 minutes
1 pt
South Carolina Congressman and Senator who spoke for the South before and during the Civil War. Sided with South Carolina during the Nullification Crisis.
Andrew Jackson
John Jay
John C. Calhoun
James Madison
76. Multiple Choice
15 minutes
1 pt
Known in history as the "Great Compromiser," he was a powerful Kentucky Congressman and Senator who proposed the American System and the Compromise of 1850.
John C. Calhoun
Henry Clay
Patrick Henry
Andrew Jackson
77. Multiple Choice
15 minutes
1 pt
Massachusetts Congressman and Senator who spoke for the North and the preservation of the Union.
Henry Clay
George Mason
Henry David Thoreau
Daniel Webster
78. Multiple Choice
15 minutes
1 pt
President of the Confederacy during the Civil War.
Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson Davis
Abraham Lincoln
Stonewall Jackson
79. Multiple Choice
15 minutes
1 pt
General of the Union Army and was responsible for winning the Civil War for the North.
Ulysses S. Grant
Jefferson Davis
Robert E. Lee
Stonewall Jackson
80. Multiple Choice
15 minutes
1 pt
General of the Confederate Army.
Ulysses S. Grant
Robert E. Lee
Andrew Jackson
Jefferson Davis
81. Multiple Choice
15 minutes
1 pt
16th President of the United States who successfully put the Union back together only to be assassinated 5 days after the Civil War ended.
Abraham Lincoln
Jeffersons Davis
Robert E. Lee
Ulysses S. Grant
82. Multiple Choice
15 minutes
1 pt
Leader of the Federalists, first Treasurer of the United States, creator of the Bank of the U.S., and killed in a duel by the Vice President of the United States, Aaron Burr.
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
Alexander Hamilton
Andrew Jackson
83. Multiple Choice
15 minutes
1 pt
Passionate patriot who became famous for his fiery speeches in favor of American independence. His most famous quote included the words, “Give me liberty or give me death!”
Henry Clay
Thomas Paine
Sam Adams
Patrick Henry
84. Multiple Choice
15 minutes
1 pt
Considered to be the “Father of the Constitution." He was President during the War of 1812.
John Jay
James Madison
Thomas Jefferson
James Monroe
85. Multiple Choice
15 minutes
1 pt
Former slave who became the best-known black abolitionist in the country.
Frederick Douglass
Martin Luther King Jr.
Harriet Beecher Stowe
William Lloyd Garrison
86. Multiple Choice
15 minutes
1 pt
The author of the Monroe Doctrine, which shut down the western hemisphere to European expansion or interference.
Madison
Monroe
Clay
Washington
87. Multiple Choice
15 minutes
1 pt
An escaped slave who became a Conductor on the Underground Railroad and helped over 300 slaves to freedom in the North.
Frederick Douglass
Harriet Beechers Stowe
Harriet Tubman
William Lloyd Garrison
88. Multiple Choice
15 minutes
1 pt
Best known for his abolitionist newspaper, The Liberator.
William Lloyd Garrison
Harriet Tubman
Frederick Douglass
Thomas Jefferson
89. Multiple Choice
15 minutes
1 pt
Organized the Seneca Falls Convention creating the Women’s Rights Movement in the United States.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Monica Jarrell
Mercy Otis Warren
Abigail Adams
90. Multiple Choice
15 minutes
1 pt
Served with Elizabeth Cady Stanton as a leading woman for the suffrage movement.
Harriet Tubman
Sojourner Truth
Susan B. Anthonoy
91. Multiple Choice
15 minutes
1 pt
“Congress shall make no law” restricting freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition. Which amendment is this?
1st
2nd
4th
7th
92. Multiple Choice
15 minutes
1 pt
Requires that warrants be issued if property is to be searched or seized (taken) by the government. Which amendment is this?
7th
6th
4th
2nd
93. Multiple Choice
15 minutes
1 pt
Which amendment abolished slavery?
4th
1st
13th
15th
94. Multiple Choice
15 minutes
1 pt
Which amendments are the "due process amendments" and give the rights to remain silent, jury, etc.
13, 14, 15
4-8
9, 10
11, 12
95. Multiple Choice
15 minutes
1 pt
Which are the Reconstruction Amendments, created after the civil War?
4-8
1-3
13-15
18-19
96. Multiple Choice
15 minutes
1 pt
Which amendments guarantee that rights not given to the federal government are not denied to the people or states?
1-3
9-10
13-15
4-8
97. Multiple Choice
15 minutes
1 pt
The 1803 Court decision that gave the Supreme Court the right to determine whether a law violates the Constitution. It set up the principle of judicial review.
Gibbons vs. Ogden
Marbury vs. Madison
Dredd Scott Case
Worcester vs. Georgia
98. Multiple Choice
15 minutes
1 pt
Was the Supreme Court decision that said slaves were property and not citizens.
Marbury vs. Madison
Worcester vs. Georgia
Dred Scott Case
McCullough vs. Maryland
99. Multiple Choice
15 minutes
1 pt
Supreme Court decision that gave the Cherokees the right to keep their land, but Jackson refused to enforce it.
Marbury vs. Madison
Dredd Scott Case
Worcester vs. Georgia
None
100. Multiple Choice
15 minutes
1 pt
An invention by Eli Whitney that speeded the cleaning of cotton fibers and in effect, increased the need for slaves.